To: aculeus
What is a "scientist of religion," an atheist theologian?
4 posted on
02/17/2007 6:43:54 AM PST by
Jedi Master Pikachu
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
What is a "scientist of religion," an atheist theologian? What is so complicated in that phrase? It means, one who studies religion, and does NOT necessarily PRACTICE it.
8 posted on
02/17/2007 7:54:35 AM PST by
CarrotAndStick
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
What is a "scientist of religion," an atheist theologian?
Only if you mistake atheism as being fundamental to science.
15 posted on
02/17/2007 8:10:02 AM PST by
aruanan
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
"What is a "scientist of religion," an atheist theologian?"
No. Comparative scientific study of different religions is not a theology, and calls for the absence of religious belief in any of one's subjects of study. And just as a scientist is not a theologian, so a theologian is not a scientist - they operate in orthogonal frames of reference. The former reference frame is "of this world', and the latter is "not of this world".
27 posted on
02/17/2007 8:58:07 AM PST by
GSlob
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